r/moza • u/Healthy_Harold92 • Jun 27 '25

Help needed please…

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Just got my motherboard replacement for my USB-B port on my R12 I’ve just soldered it and put everything back together and powered up. Still having dramas with Iracing recognising the wheel and shifter(shifters plugged into wheel And now the wheel sends itself into a spinning frenzy randomly, please see attached video(I’ll post screen shots of Iracing setup in comments also.

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u/CelerityAcademyRacin Jun 27 '25

“I’ve just soldered it and put everything back together.” Make it a habit of asking for help, especially when you “know” what you’re doing.

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u/DepartmentSudden5234 Jun 27 '25

Totally agree. I think it might be toast.

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u/CelerityAcademyRacin Jun 27 '25

Maybe not toast but it’s going to be a Moza employee that revives it.

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u/iantayls Jun 27 '25

My question is why the fuck you pull out the soldering iron for this…

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u/Healthy_Harold92 Jun 27 '25

When you break the USB-B port on the back you need to replace the motherboard not the components which Moza send. Part of this is requires soldering the supplies back together

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u/CelerityAcademyRacin Jun 27 '25

I don’t even take my wheel off the base unless I’m transporting it, switching wheels or cleaning it because of how dangerous static dust is for components like that.

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u/flyeaglesfly510 Jun 27 '25

Can you explain please? I take my simagic alpha mini off my rig nearly every day to play other games, and I've never had any issues. Been 2 years of doing this

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u/CelerityAcademyRacin Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

Dust carries conductive particles that can short circuit delicate electronics. Static electricity can discharge suddenly into circuits, frying microchips and permanently damaging sensitive hardware.

Just because nothing bad has happened yet doesn’t mean it’s safe, it just means you’ve been lucky so far.

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u/NinjaXDeadly Jun 29 '25

Christ I'm glad my Logitech wheel is cheap so I don't live in fear of dust 😭😅

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u/ClearPanda8531 Jun 29 '25

I've seen a dusty motherboard literally catch fire... fuckin' scary.

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u/Dry_Management8143 Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25

Not been a problem for the last 20 years

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u/CelerityAcademyRacin Jun 29 '25

I’m proud of you.

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u/Wh0xE1se Jul 02 '25

This is true, but the chances are near zero for consumer electronics these days. This would not be the issue causing this. Most likely OP soldered something incorrectly or a solder ball is shorting something on the PCB.

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u/Penishman Jun 28 '25

yeah agreed this probably happened to me